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2018 Austin Music Award nominee for Best Songwriter and Austin's New Band is dropping her first debut album on September 20, 2019, and celebrating with an album release show. Come see what this 17-year-old has been up to! Cover is $5 at the door.

On Thanksgiving Day 1976, the Band played a final concert in its original lineup with era-defining cameos (Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, the Staple Singers, etc.). Over four decades later, The Last Waltz still stands as a musical monument, and the annual local celebration re-creates the performance with Austin’s own all-star roll call of artists each taking on a specific role in the concert. Two shows ready the holiday weekend.

You know this funnyman just wants everybody to feel comfortable, right? That's why he and his stand-up buddies are gonna make you laugh yourself limp as yesterday's turkey the day before Thanksgiving at Cap City tonight.

This five-person exhibit features work by Nicholas Baxter, Julie Davis, David Leonard, Garrett Middaugh, and Jason Webb. "This show intends to question our place among nature and how we've chosen to use our land." Right on – an important consideration, even if you're not part of the Dark Mountain movement, even if you don't have three oxgangs of good earth when the haeric star appears. Also, tbh, we're partial to anything painted by that D. Leonard.

The Tiger's beer garden will be closed on the 22nd, but the bakery will be open that morning – the better to enhance your turkey-powered Taboo tournaments with freshly baked dinner rolls and hand-cut, perfect-for-stuffing croutons. Note: There will be limited availability on Thanksgiving and the day before, but that's why we buy early. Make sure to place your orders at least two days in advance – and by 5pm on Nov. 20 – for this bready artisanal goodness.

Yes, and you could be at that Infinite Monkey Theorem urban winery just off South Congress for a family-friendly evening of hand-turkey crafts for kids, a screening of that ol' Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and a one-day-only menu created by the culinary brilliants of Holy Roller, Swift’s Attic, Uchi, Uchiko, and Loro. And why? Because it's a guaranteed good time and it benefits SAFE!

This ZACH Theatre adaptation of the Dickens classic, directed by Abe Reybold and starring the estimable Jaston Williams, is "a musical sleigh ride through rhythm and time, infusing the traditional Victorian story with a score that spans all genres and eras." It's riotously redolent of the ghosts of Motown past, but of course you know the basic Ebenezer of this thing: crotchety, cratchity, creepy, and (ultimately) heartwarming. And, what's that? You think there's an awful lot of Dickens going on in town lately? Our Robert Faires tells you why.

The Dance Department of Austin Community College offers classes in modern, jazz, ballet, and improvisation techniques, with student work produced twice a year in the Choreographers' Showcase. Teachers include Ellen Bartel, Jessica Cox, Kathy Dunn Hamrick, Roxanne Gage, Darla Johnson, Sunny Shen, Catherine Solaas and Melissa Watt. Note: Classes can be taken for credit and applied toward your degree.

Establishing shot, XCU: Roast turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and a big ol' slice of pecan pie. And you get to eat it while watching a movie, because the Alamo Drafthouse is inviting you in to gobble 'til you wobble. To reserve your dinner, purchase any film ticket for Thanksgiving Day; after you select the seats, you'll be able to add the turkey dinner to your order.

Three artists, three strong views of this complex life. And now our journo-about-town Brenner has reaped the visions that Erika Huddleston, Amy Scofield, and Tammy West have sown – and here's his report.

Seventy years after the luxury liner sank in the Atlantic more than 150 items from the wreck were brought up from the ocean floor and brought together for this fascinating show. Timed tickets are required.